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Sponsorship for a
partner 40SP
to migrate to
Australia
you, and any members
of your family unit, may become unable to
be granted a visa for
specified periods of time, as set out in
Important - Please read this information migration legislation.
carefully before you
If documents are found to be fraudulent or
complete your application. Once you have
information to be incorrect after the grant
completed your
of a visa, the visa may subsequently be
application we strongly advise that you
cancelled.
keep a copy for your
records.
Who can sponsor
This form 40SP is to be completed
To sponsor a fianc(e) or partner visa
by the sponsor of persons applying
applicant:
for a partner category visa either
outside Australia or in Australia. you must be an Australian citizen,
Australian permanent
If the fianc(e) or partner you are resident or eligible New Zealand citizen;
sponsoring is and
applying outside Australia, your
if you are the holder of a Woman at Risk
fianc(e) or partner will be applying
(subclass 204)
to migrate. If your fianc(e) or
visa granted to you in the past 5 years,
partner is applying in Australia,
the person you are sponsoring must not
your fianc(e) or partner will be
have been your partner or former
applying for permanent residence.
partner when that visa was granted to
In this form, the term migrate
you.
covers both.
For details on partner category visa Additional requirements
processing, see booklet 1, For sponsors of a Prospective Marriage visa
Partner Migration, which is available on the applicant:
Department of you must be at least 18 years of age when
Immigration and Border Protection (the the application is
department) website lodged.
www.border.gov.au/allforms/
For sponsors of a Partner visa applicant:
Further information on partner category if your partner is applying on de facto
migration is available from grounds, you must be
www.border.gov.au or the departments at least 18 years of age when the
enquiry line (see information box on page application is lodged;
4).
if your partner is applying on spouse
grounds, you must be
Integrity of sponsorship at least 18 years of age when the
The department is committed to application is lodged, or, if you are under
maintaining the integrity of the visa and 18, your parent or guardian must
citizenship programmes. In relation to sponsor the visa applicant on your
this behalf, in which case they should
application, if you or a member of your family complete all information on this form.
unit:
provide, or have provided in a previous
application,
fraudulent documents or false or
misleading information (knowingly or
not); and/or
fail to satisfy, or have failed to
satisfy in a previous
application, the Minister for
Immigration and Border
Protection of your or their identity;
this visa application may be refused and
 of your fianc(e) or partner in
compelling circumstances, which
include:
if your previous partner has died; or
Partner means your spouse or de
if your previous partner has
facto partner (including same-sex
abandoned the relationship,
partners).
leaving young children; or
If you are an Australian permanent if your relationship with your current
resident or eligible fianc(e) or partner is
New Zealand citizen, you are required to long-standing; or
be usually resident in
if you and your current fianc(e) or
Australia.
partner have children of
Note: If you are an eligible New Zealand your relationship.
citizen who is
sponsoring their fianc(e) or partner, in If you are a current or previous contributory parent
addition to meeting category visa
the usually resident requirement, you holder
must meet health and If you have been granted a permanent
character requirements. After your contributory parent category visa on or
fianc(e) or partner has after 1 July 2009, you are unable to
lodged their complete visa application sponsor a person for a partner or
(which will include your fianc(e) visa for 5 years from your visa
sponsorship application), the department grant date if you were in a married or de
will contact you to facto relationship with that person on or
advise if you need to undertake health before the date you were granted the
and/or character checks. contributory parent category visa.
If you have previously sponsored a partner or been There are some exceptions to this
sponsored as a partner limitation if you can provide compelling
reasons. Compelling reasons may include if
Your partners visa application may be
your partner was unable to migrate with
refused if you are affected by the
you because of a major
following sponsorship limitations that
family illness or other significant
are imposed if you:
obligations, other than financially-
have previously sponsored or related obligations. In this situation,
nominated* 2 other persons the
as a fianc(e) or partner for migration department expects that you will be able
to Australia to provide evidence of a change in
(including sponsorships/nominations circumstances that now allows your
you may have withdrawn but your partner to apply for the Partner or
former fianc(e) or partner obtained Prospective Marriage visa.
permanent residence on family
violence grounds); or
have sponsored another fianc(e) or *
Prior to 1 July 2002, persons who applied in
partner within the last Australia for migration
5 years; or to Australia as a partner were nominated by
were sponsored as a fianc(e) or their partner. Those
partner yourself within the who applied outside Australia as a fianc(e)
last 5 years. or partner were sponsored. Approved
sponsorships or nominations are those that
You may still be approved as sponsor resulted in a visa being granted to the
applicant.
Reducing violence in the community Note: If the visa application
was lodged before 18
The Australian Government is November 2016, the
committed to reducing violence in requirements above do not
the Australian community, including apply to you, even if you submit
family and sexual your Sponsorship form on or
violence. As part of this after 18 November 2016. The
commitment, if you have been requirements above only apply
convicted or charged with certain if the visa application was
offences that may impact lodged on or after 18 November
upon your eligibility to be approved 2016.
as a sponsor. In order for
a visa to be granted you must give
the department permission Protection of children
to disclose any convictions to the The Australian Government is
visa applicant. Further, also committed to protecting
where a visa applicant is under 18 children against child sex
years of age the department offences and other serious
asks for your permission to disclose offences which may pose a
convictions to any other significant risk to a child.
person who can lawfully determine
If you have been charged with a
where the child lives.
registrable offence your
The department may ask you to sponsorship cannot be
provide one or both of the approved and the visa
following: application must be refused if
an Australian National Police check one or more visa applicant is
(NPC) for you; and/or under the age of 18 when the
a foreign police check for every department assesses and
country in which you have decides your sponsorship
lived for a period of 12 months or unless the charges have been:
more or a total period of withdrawn; or
at least 12 months since the dismissed; or
latest of the following dates: otherwise disposed
--10 years before the date of the of without the
request to provide the recording of a
police check(s); or conviction.
--the date you turned 16. If you have been convicted of a
The department may refuse the visa registrable offence, subject to
application if: certain limited circumstances,
you are asked to provide the your sponsorship must be
police checks but do not refused if one or more visa
provide them within a applicant is under the age of
reasonable time; or 18
you have been convicted of a when the department
relevant offence/offences assesses and decides your
(listed later in this form) and you sponsorship
have a significant criminal unless the conviction has been
record in relation to these relevant quashed or otherwise set aside.
offences.
If grounds to refuse your
sponsorship exist, the sponsorship
may still be approved if it is
reasonable to do so, for example,
after considering the length of
time since you completed the
sentence, the effect a refusal
decision may have on any
children or the length of the
relationship between you and the
visa applicant.

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How to sponsor lodged together.
You must ensure that you: If your fianc(e) or partner is
are eligible to sponsor your applying outside Australia and you
fianc(e) or partner (for are able to demonstrate difficulty
example, you may not be able to in forwarding mail to your fianc(e)
sponsor if you are the or partner, you should lodge this
holder of a Refugee Woman at Risk form at the nearest office of the
(subclass 204) visa or you are subject department in Australia. That office
to sponsorship limitations - you will will forward the sponsorship to the
need to discuss your individual Australian mission nearest your
circumstances with the nearest office fianc(e) or partner.
of the department); Note: After your fianc(e) or
complete and sign this form; and partner has lodged their partner
send this form to your fianc(e) or category visa application, and
partner before your before a decision is made on their
fianc(e) or partner lodges their visa, providing location
application. requirements can be met, your
fianc(e) or partner may be able to
Your fianc(e) or partner should: have added to their
complete a form 47SP Application application a member of your family
for migration to unit who was previously not
Australia by a partner; and included in the application as a
if applicable, arrange for a form 47A person migrating to
Details of child or Australia with your fianc(e) or
other dependent family member aged 18 partner. In addition to your
years or over to fianc(e) or partner having to notify
be completed and signed by each the department in writing of this
member of the family addition, you may have to complete a
unit of your fianc(e) or partner who new form 40SP to include that
is aged 18 years or member of the family unit with your
over (whether or not they are fianc(e) or partner and any other
migrating with your fianc(e) or family members you are sponsoring
partner). to migrate to Australia.
Your partner should lodge these
form(s), together with this sponsorship Family members included in this sponsorship
form, by post or courier your application
application to the relevant Partner
In this sponsorship application you will
Processing Centre if you are applying in
be asked for information about each
Australia, or Australian mission if you
member of the visa applicants family
are applying outside
unit even if
Australia. Attach any documentation
they do not intend to migrate with the
you are required to
visa applicant.
provide with your application. A list of
Information about which family
the Partner Processing Centres can be
members are considered to be a
found on the departments website at
member of the visa applicants family
www.border.gov.au/about/contact/offi
unit for migration
ces-locations
purposes is available by referring to
When you send this form to your form 1496i Including family members
fianc(e) or partner, it is in your application. Form 1496i is
important that you tell them that the available from the departments
form 47SP, the form(s) website
47A (if applicable), this sponsorship www.border.gov.au/allforms/ or
form, any supporting offices of the department. You should
documentation and the visa application ensure that you read and
charge (or evidence understand form 1496i before
that the charge has been paid) must be completing this form.
 What documents do you need?
The department will need proof of
your relationship with your fianc(e)
or partner.
It will help your fianc(e) or
partners application if you send
with this form any documents that
confirm your relationship. If you
have changed your name since
birth, you should also provide
evidence of this.
You will also need to send evidence of
your permanent resident
status in Australia (for example, a
certified copy of the relevant
pages of your passport identifying
the Australian permanent
resident visa or Resident Return visa
label) or proof that you are an eligible
New Zealand citizen*. An Australian
citizen will need to send a certified
copy of their citizenship certificate or,
if
Australian-born, a certified copy of
their full birth certificate. If you are
unsure about the documents needed
to do this, contact the nearest office
of the department.
You will also need to
demonstrate that you will be
able to
meet your sponsorship
obligations as undertaken by
you
when you complete and sign this form
(see Your sponsorship undertaking
below). The information requested
on this
form, including documents relating
to your employment and income, will
assist the decision-maker in deciding
whether you are able to meet these
obligations.
If you are sending copies of
documents, they will need to be
certified as true copies of the
original by a person authorised to
witness statutory declarations (for a
list of prescribed persons, see
Statutory declarations in booklet 1,
Partner Migration). It is in your
interest to provide all the
documents requested with the
application. Failure to do so may
result in processing of the
application being delayed.
Your sponsorship undertaking
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As a sponsor for your fianc(e) or
partners visa application to migrate
to Australia, you sign a sponsorship
undertaking at the end of this form.
If your fianc(e) applies for and
is granted a Prospective
Marriage visa, as sponsor you
will be responsible for all
financial obligations to the
Commonwealth that your fianc(e)
might incur during the period he/she
is in Australia.
If your partner applies for and is
granted a Partner visa, as sponsor
you agree to provide adequate
accommodation and financial
assistance as required to meet
your partners
reasonable living needs. If your
partner is applying outside
Australia, this assistance would
cover their first 2 years in
Australia. If your partner is applying
in Australia, this assistance would
cover the 2 years following the grant
of his/her partner visa. You are also
required to provide financial and
other
support, such as childcare, that
will enable your partner to attend
appropriate English classes.
By signing the undertaking, you
will also be agreeing to
provide information and advice
to help your fianc(e) or
partner settle in Australia. This
information and advice should
include telling your partner about
employment in Australia.
*
An eligible New Zealand citizen is a
person who at the time of last
entry to Australia would have met
health and character checks and:
held a Special Category (Subclass 444)
visa on 26 February 2001; or
held a Special Category (subclass 444)
visa that was in force for at
least one year in the two years before 26
February 2001; or
has a certificate, issued under the Social
Security Act 1991, that states
the citizen, for the purposes of the Social
Security Act 1991, was residing in
Australia on a particular date (note that
Centrelink stopped accepting
applications for these certificates in
February 2004).
It is important that your fianc(e)
or partner and his or her
members of the family unit
understand that a good standard
of spoken and written English is
essential if they want to work
in Australia. Without these skills, it
will be very difficult for
them to gain employment at a level
commensurate with their job skills
and qualifications. They should
therefore assess their own
employment prospects in
Australia, whether or not they
intend to work immediately.
Important information about privacy
Your personal information is
protected by law, including the
Privacy Act 1988. Important
information about the collection, use
and disclosure (to other agencies
and third parties,
including overseas entities) of
your personal information,
including sensitive information,
is contained in form 1442i
Privacy notice. Form 1442i is
available from the departments
website
www.border.gov.au/allforms/ or
offices of the
department. You should ensure that
you read and understand form
1442i before completing this form.
Note: Under section 234 of the
Migration Act 1958 (the Act), you
may be prosecuted for deliberately
providing false or
misleading information to the
department.
When sponsorship
applications present potential
child protection issues, the
department may provide the
information that raises child
protection concerns to the visa
applicant(s) and any non-
migrating person who can lawfully
determine where the applicants
migrating minor child may live.
See Protection of children on page
2.
Obtaining information about you from
other agencies and organisations
Under section 56 of the Act, the
department may seek information
about you that is relevant to your
sponsorship application from
other agencies and
organisations. The
agencies/organisations may
include:
federal, state or territory
government agencies;
federal, state or territory law
enforcement agencies;
state or territory housing
authorities (including private
landlords);
local government authorities;
financial institutions;
educational institutions;
private businesses (including
telecommunication and
internet service providers,
insurance companies); and
any other relevant businesses or
agencies.
Immigration assistance
A person gives immigration
assistance to you if he or she uses,
or claims to use, his or her
knowledge or experience in
migration procedure to assist you
with your visa application, request
for ministerial intervention,
cancellation review
application, sponsorship or
nomination.
In Australia a person may only
lawfully give immigration
assistance if he or she is a
registered migration agent or is
exempt from being registered.
Only registered migration
agents may receive a fee or reward
for providing immigration
assistance.
If an unregistered person in
Australia, who is not exempt from
registration, gives you immigration
assistance they are
committing a criminal offence and may
be prosecuted.
Migration agents in Australia
Migration agents in Australia must
be registered with the Office of the
Migration Agents Registration
Authority (Office of the MARA) unless
they are exempt from registration.
Migration agents outside Australia order to provide immigration
Migration agents who operate outside assistance, but they
must not charge a fee for their
Australia do not have to be
service:
registered. The department may give
a close family member
some overseas agents an
(spouse, de facto partner,
ID number. This number does not child,
mean that they are registered. parent, brother or
Note: Some Australian registered sister);
migration agents operate a member of parliament or
overseas. their staff;
an official whose duties
Migration agent information
include providing
A migration agent is someone who immigration
can: assistance (eg. a Legal
advise you on the visa that may best Aid provider);
suit you; a member of a
tell you the documents you need to diplomatic mission,
submit with your consular post or
application; international
help you fill in the application and organisation.
submit it; and
Appointing a migration agent/exempt person
communicate with the
department on your behalf. To appoint a migration
agent/exempt person you
If you appoint a migration agent,
should complete Part J -
the department will assume that Options for receiving written
your migration agent will be your communications.
authorised recipient, unless you
Your migration
indicate otherwise. agent/exempt person
Your migration agent will be the should complete form 956
person with whom the Advice by a migration
department will discuss your agent/exempt person of
application and from whom it will providing immigration
seek further information when assistance.
required. Form 956 is available from the
You are not required to use a departments website
migration agent. However, if you www.border.gov.au/allforms/
use a migration agent, the
department encourages you to use
a registered migration agent.
Registered agents are bound by
the Migration Agents Code of
Conduct, which requires them
to act professionally in their clients
lawful best interests.
Information on migration agents,
including a list of registered
migration agents, is available on the
Office of the MARA
website www.mara.gov.au
You can also access information
about migration agents on the
departments website
www.border.gov.au

Exempt persons
The following people do not have to
be a registered migration agent in

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Options for receiving written communications example, health, police checks,
financial viability and personal
If you do not appoint a migration relationships. Electronic
agent/exempt person you may still communications, unless adequately
authorise another person, in writing, to encrypted, are not secure and may
receive be viewed by others or
written communications on your behalf. interfered with.
This person is called the authorised
recipient. If you agree to the department
communicating with you by
Authorised recipient information electronic means, the details you
All written communication about your provide will only be used by
application will be sent the department for the purpose for
to your authorised recipient, unless you which you have provided
indicate that you wish them, unless there is a legal
to have health and/or character obligation or necessity to use
information sent directly to them for another purpose, or you
you. have consented to use for another
purpose. They will not be added to
The department will communicate with
the most recently any mailing list. The Australian
appointed authorised recipient as you Government accepts no
may only appoint one responsibility for the security or
authorised recipient at any time for a integrity of any information sent to the
particular application. department over the internet or by
You will be taken to have received any other electronic means.
documents sent to that person as if they If you authorise another person to
had been sent to you. receive documents on your behalf and
To appoint an authorised recipient you they wish to be contacted
should complete: electronically, their
signature is required on form 956
Part J - Options for receiving written or 956A to indicate their consent
communications; and
to this form of communication.
form 956A Appointment or withdrawal of
an authorised Note: Electronic communication
recipient. is the fastest means of
communication available and
Note: Migration agents/exempt the department prefers to
persons do not need to complete communicate electronically
form 956A. because this results in faster
Form 956A is available from the processing.
departments website
www.border.gov.au/allforms/
Home page www.border.gov.au
Consent to communicate electronically General Telephone 131 881 during
The department may use a range of business hours
means to communicate with you. enquiry line in Australia to speak to an
However, electronic means such as fax or operator (recorded
email will only be used if you indicate information available
your agreement to receiving outside these hours).
communication in this way. Ifyou are outside
To process your application the Australia, please contact
department may need to your nearest Australian
communicate with you about mission.
sensitive information, for

Please keep these information pages for your

reference
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DAY MONTH YEAR
length of
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7 Place of birth Eligible New Zealand citizen Length of

Town/city residence in Australia Note: For definition of
eligible New Zealand citizen, Please attach
Country proof
see footnote on page 3.

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Australian
citizenship, please give details

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Note: If your residential address is not in

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Undertaking
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POSTCODE

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COUNTRY CODE AREA CODE
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14 Do you agree to the department communicating with s
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or other electronic means?
No
16 Fianc(e) or partners name in his/her own
Yes Give details language or script
COUNTRY CODE AREA CODE (if applicable)
NUMBER

Fax number ( ) ( )

Email address

17 Other ways your fianc(e) or partner spells his/her

Part C - Fianc(e) or name
partners details Family name
15 Fianc(e) or partners full name (as shown in passport
Given names
or travel document)

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DAY MONTH YEAR

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19 Date of birth
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 Part D - Relationship details of all others?

Note: You must inform the department if your relationship 25 Since you and the visa applicant committed to a
ends before your fianc(e) or partners visa application is shared life together to
decided. the exclusion of all others, have you lived separately
and apart for any
Your current relationship details
p
21 What is your current relationship status with the visa e
applicant? r
DAY
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MONTH o
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YEAR

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adoption? ?
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Note: If you have only met over the internet, tick No. Yes Give details of periods and reasons for
the separation
No
DAY

MONTH

YEAR
Yes When did you first meet?
Where did you first meet? 26 Were you forced or coerced into entering this
relationship with the
visa applicant?
24 When did you and the visa applicant DAY No
MONTH YEAR Yes
commit to a shared life
together to the exclusion

POSTCODE
 Your previous relationship details Name of overseas
If insufficient space, give additional details at Part L post/Australian office where
sponsorship or nomination was
27 Have you been married to a person other than the current visa lodged
applicant (including if you are still legally married to that
person)?
No Was a visa granted?
DAY
Yes Name of previous spouse
MONTH

DAY MONTH YEAR

YEAR
No Yes Date visa
Date of birth was granted
DAY

MONTH

YEAR

Date relationship ended

How relationship ended
(eg. divorce, death)
Date of marriage

Date marriage ended

DAY
How did the marriage end? 2
(eg. divorce, separation, or if still married, reason . MONTH
why)
YEAR
Date application
lodged for
Number of children from this relationship previous
sponsorship/no
mination
28 Have you ever been in a same-sex or opposite-sex de facto
relationship with a person other than the current visa Name of person
applicant? sponsored/nominated at time of
No sponsorship or nomination
Yes Name of previous partner F

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DAY MONTH
YEAR
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Give the following details for

EACH time you have
sponsored/nominated.
If insufficient space, give additional
details at Part L mily name
DAY
1. Date application lodged for Given names
previous sponsorship/nomination

Name of person
sponsored/nominated at time of
sponsorship or nomination

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Date relationship
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Date visa How relationship
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MONTH YEAR ended (eg.
DAY

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MONTH

YEAR

If applicable, other names this person is, or has been, known by

(including name at birth, previous married names, aliases)

Family name

Given names

DAY MONTH YEAR

Date of birth of person
sponsored/ nominated

Relationship
to you
(spouse, de
facto partner,
fianc(e),
interdepen
dent
partner)
30 Were you sponsored/nominated to Australia as a spouse, The visa applicants previous relationship
de facto details
partner, prospective spouse (fianc(e)) or interdependent If insufficient space, give additional details at Part L
partner?
No 32 Has the visa applicant been married to a person
other than you
Yes Give details
DAY MONTH (including if they are still legally married to that
YEAR
person)?
Date of sponsorship/nomination
No
Name of overseas Yes Name of previous spouse
post/Australian office where
sponsorship or nomination
was lodged DAY

MON
TH
DAY MONTH YEAR

Date YEAR

relati Date of birth

onsh Date of marriage
ip Date marriage ended
end How did the marriage end?
ed (eg. divorce, separation, or if still
How married, reason why)
relati
onsh
ip
end
ed
(eg. divorce, death)

31 Have you ever been granted a contributory parent

category visa?
No
DAY MONTH YEAR
Yes Date of visa Number of children from this relationship
grant
33Has the visa applicant ever been in a same-sex
or opposite-sex de facto relationship with a
person other than you?
No
Yes Name of previous partner

DAY

MONT
H

YEAR

Date of birth

Date
34
relationsh

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i ded

p r Number of children from this relationship

e
Has the visa applicant ever been engaged to be
s l married to a person other than you?

t a No
Yes Name of previous fianc(e)
a t

r i DAY

t o MONT
H
e n
YEAR
d s Date of birth
h Date
i relationsh
D p ip started
a Date

t e relationsh

e n ip ended

Number of children from this relationship

 Part E - Details of members of the
5. Family name
family unit
Given names
35 Give details of ALL your fianc(e) or partners family unit DAY MONTH YEAR
members Date of birth Male
who are included in this sponsorship Female

1. Family name Country of

c
Given names
u
DAY MONTH YEAR
r
r
e
n
t

r
e
s
i
d
e
n
c
e

C
i
t
i
z
e
n
s
h
i
p
MONTH
Date of birth
MONTH Date of birth
Country of
Date of birth Country of
current
Country of current residence Citizenship
residen
current
ce
residence 4. Family name
Citizens
Citizenship
hip Given names
DAY MONTH
3. Family name
2. Family name Date of birth
Given names Country of
Given names
DAY current residence Citizenship
DAY

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 Male Female e
6. F
s
a i

m d
e
i
n
l c
e
YEAR y
Male Female
7. C
n it
i
a
z
m e
e n
s
YEAR h
Male Female i
8.
G p

i
F
v
a
e
m
n
YEAR i
Male Female
l
n
y
a

m
n
e
a
s
m
DAY MONTH
YEAR
e
Date of birth
Male
Female
Country of
c G
u
i
r
r v
e e
n
n
t

r n
a s e
h
m s
i
DAY MONTH YEAR
e p
Date of birth Male
s Female
DAY MONTH
F Country of
YEAR
a c
Date of birth
Male u
m
Female r
Country of i r
c l e
u n
y
r t
r r
e e
n
n s
t a i
m d
r e
e
e n
s c
i e
d
G
e C
n i it
c v i
e z
e
e
C n n
i s
t h
i n i
z a p
e
m
n
 Part F - Protection of children
36 Are you sponsoring a child aged under 18 years?
No
Yes

37 Have you ever:

specifically, been convicted of a crime or
offenc
e in
any
count
ry
(inclu
ding
any
convi
ction
which
is
now
remo
ved
from
officia
l
recor
ds),
relatin
g to
perso
ns
under
the
age
of 18,

includ
ing
but
not
limite
d to:
child
abus
e,
child
sex,
enda
ngeri
ng a
child,
indec
ent
deali
ngs

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 with
a child, or possession of child pornography? No Yes
specifically, been charged with any offence
that is currently awaiting legal action, in any
countr
y,
relatin
g to
perso
ns
under
the
age of
18,
includi
ng but
not
limite
d to:
child
abuse
, child

sex,
enda
ngeri
ng a
child,
indec
ent
deali
ngs
with
a child, or possession of child pornography? No Yes

If you answered Yes to either

of the above questions, you
should give ALL relevant
details. If the matter relates to
a criminal conviction, please
give the nature of the offence,
full details of the sentence
and dates of any period of
imprisonment or other
detention.
 Part G - About your character
38 In which countries have you lived for 12 months (in total) or more during the last 10 years?
Dates lived there
Country MONTH YEAR Last permanent address in that country
FROM

TO

FROM

TO

FROM

TO

FROM

TO

FROM

TO

FROM

TO

FROM

TO

FROM

TO
 39 Have you ever: If you answered Yes to any of the questions at
in addition to any crime or offence disclosed in Question 39, you must give ALL relevant details. If the
response to Question 37, been convicted of a matter relates to a criminal conviction, please give
crime or offence in any the nature of the offence, full details of the sentence
country (including any and dates of any period of imprisonment or other
conviction which is now detention.
removed from official
records)? No
Yes
in addition to any crime or offence disclosed in
response to Question
37, been charged with
any offence that is
currently awaiting legal
action? No
Yes
been acquitted of any criminal offence or
other offence on the grounds of mental illness,
insanity or unsoundness of mind? No
Yes
been removed or deported from any country
(including Australia)? No
Yes
left any country to avoid being removed or
deported? No
Yes
been excluded from or asked to leave any
country (including Australia)? No
Yes
committed, or been involved in, the commission
of war crimes or crimes against humanity or
human rights? No
Yes The department may ask you to provide Australian
been involved in any activities that would or foreign police checks to assess if you have any
represent a risk to Australian national security? No relevant offences and a significant criminal record.
Yes
A relevant offence is defined for these purposes as
had any outstanding debts to the Australian an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a
Government or any public authority in Australia? No state, a territory or a foreign country, involving any of
Yes the following matters:
been involved in any activity, or been convicted violence against a person, including (without
of any offence, relating to the illegal movement limitation) murder,
of people to any country (including Australia)? No assault, sexual assault and the threat of
Yes violence;
served in a military force or state the harassment, molestation, intimidation or stalking
sponsored/private militia, undergone any of a person;
military/paramilitary training, or been the breach of an apprehended violence order, or a
trained in similar order,
weapons/explosives use (however issued under a law of a state, a territory or a foreign
described)? country;
firearms or other dangerous weapons;
No people smuggling;
human trafficking, slavery or slavery-like practices
Yes (including forced

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 marriage), kidnapping or unlawful confinement; relation to an relevant offence or relevant offences
attempting to commit an offence involving any of the if, for that offence or those offences you have been
matters sentenced to:
mentioned above or below; death; or
aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the imprisonment for life; or
commission of an a term of imprisonment of 12 months or more; or
offence involving any of the matters mentioned above. 2 or more terms of imprisonment, where the total of
You are considered to have a significant criminal record in those terms is
12 months or more.
 Part H - About your home 44 Ownership of dwelling:
47
40 Type of dwelling: Own outright
46 P
House a
Flat y
Other Specify i
n
41 How many bedrooms does the dwelling have? g

42 How many people live in the dwelling?

h
43 What is the relationship of these people to you? o
Child m
Parent e
Spouse
D l
e o
a
f n
a
c
t
o P
u

p b

a l

r i

t c

n
e h

r o
u
s
i
S n
i g
b Rent
l 48
i Other Specify
n
45 Will the person you are sponsoring be living
g
with you?
Other Specify
No What accommodation do you
propose for the person

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49
you are sponsoring? Part I - Assistance with this
form
Did you receive assistance in
completing this form?
No Go to Part J
Yes Please give details of the person who
assisted you
Yes
50 Title: Mr Mrs Miss

Ms Other

Family name

POSTCODE

Telephone number or daytime contact

COUNTRY CODE AREA CODE
NUMBER

Office hours ( ) ( )

Mobile/cell
Is the person an agent registered with the Office of the Yes
Migration Agents Registration Authority (Office of the MARA)?
No
Part J - Options for
Yes Go to Part J
receiving written
Is the person/agent in communications
Australia?
All written communications about this application
No Go to Part J
should be sent to:
Yes (Tick one box only)

Did you pay the person/agent and/or give a gift for this Myself

assistance? OR
No Authorised You should complete form
956A Appointment
recipient
or withdrawal of an authorised
ORrecipient
Migrati
on Your migration agent/exempt
agent
person should complete form 956
ORAdvice by a migration
agent/exempt person of providing
immigration assistance
Exempt
person
 Part K - o
r
Undertaking,
declaration,
acknowledgement
and consent
51 Undertaking
For sponsors of a Prospective Marriage visa
applicant:
I agree to accept responsibility for:
all financial obligations to the
Commonwealth incurred by my
fianc(e) arising from their stay in
Australia;
my fianc(e)s compliance with all relevant
legislation and awards in
relation to any employment they enter into in
Australia;
my fianc(e)s compliance with the conditions of their
Prospective
Marriage visa.
For sponsors of a Partner visa applicant:
I agree to assist my partner, to the extent necessary:
financially;
in relation to accommodation in the first 2
years immediately
after their Partner visa is granted (if they
were granted the visa in
Australia) or their first entry to Australia as a
holder of the Partner visa (if they were
granted the visa outside Australia).

S
i
g
n
a
t
u
r
e

o
f

s
p
o
n
s

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 I cannot sponsor more than 2 fianc(e)s or partners
Acknowledgement in total, unless I
I acknowledge and accept that: have compelling circumstances;

my partner may be granted the permanent Partner visa even if my fianc(e)s or partners visa application may be
refused or their
our relationship breaks down and I withdraw my sponsorship
(for visa cancelled if I have given false or misleading
information or
example, on grounds of family violence or child of the
relationship); bogus documents;

if the relationship between my fianc(e) or partner breaks down, the visa application may be refused if I dont provide
a police check
Australian privacy laws prevent me from receiving further advice
if one is requested or if I have convictions for relevant
or information in relation to the progress or status of
offences and
their visa application;
a significant criminal record;
I cannot sponsor another fianc(e) or partner until 5 years have
the visa application will be refused if I dont consent
passed from the date my current fianc(e) or partner makes to the
their
department disclosing my convictions to the visa
application, unless I have compelling circumstances; applicants.
-
Signature
Name
of sponsor -
DAY MONTH YEAR

Date DAY MONTH YEAR

Name

Declaration
Date WARNING: Giving false or misleading information or documents is
a
serious offence.
Consent
I declare that:
I consent to:
the information I have given in this form is i
complete, correct and g
up-to-date; n
I will inform the department, in writing, if a
my relationship with t
my fianc(e) or partner breaks down, they u
die or I withdraw my r
sponsorship; e

I understand that I may be prosecuted if I give

false or misleading o
information or bogus documents, or mislead or f
deceive an officer of
the department. s
I have read the information contained in form 1442i p
Privacy notice. o
I understand the department may collect, use and n
disclose my s
personal information (including biometric o
information and other r
sensitive information) as outlined in form -
1442i Privacy notice.
Name
S DAY MONTH YEAR
Date the department obtaining information relevant to
my sponsorship
from other government and non-government
bodies including but
not limited to:
--federal, state or territory government agencies;
- federal, state, or territory law enforcement
agencies;
- state or territory housing authorities (including
private landlords);
- local government authorities;
- financial institutions;
- educational institutions;
- private businesses (including telecommunication
and internet
service providers and insurance companies).
the department disclosing to the visa applicant(s)
any convictions I
have for relevant offences.
S
i
g
n
a
t
u
r
e

o
f

s
p
o
n
s
o
r
-
Name
DAY MONTH YEAR

Date

We strongly advise that you keep a copy of

your application and all attachments for your
records.
 Part L - Additional information
52 Question number Additional information

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